October 17, 2002Papa Do PreachChessHow would you like to play the youngest first-level chess player in all of Russia?! Six years old!!

October 2, 2002eXile - 3, Whores - 0Chess by Mark AmesOur agenda going into the third “eXile Plays the Whores" game was: No longer would we be satisfied with some ho that felt that it was her decision whether to play clothed or not.

September 6, 2002eXile: 1, Whore: 0ChessProcuring a whore in Moscow to play chess with is not as easy as you might think, even for money. They’d rather bone than brain.

June 26, 2002Head Like a HoleChessEvgeny Bebchuk - a surprisingly breathing remnant of the lost era of Soviet chess allows us to insult his talent and intelligence.

May 29, 2002eXile Plays the MastersChessThis week'a opponent invited us to play on condition that we let him practice his English with us. We agreed, thinking we might be able to plant false chess moves into his mind.

May 16, 2002Searching for Little ShitChessKid’s aren’t THAT bad!" you might say. Well, the eXile sports desk has found one more reason to hate the little ones: they beat our asses in chess.

April 21, 2002Kedrov: 1, eXile: 0ChessWe had been feelin’ kinda down recently after 17 year-old babe/grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk disposed of us without even looking at the board. Like the pathetic masochists that we are, though, we decided to seek glorious defeat once again!

March 21, 2002The eXile plays the MastersChessIt’s time once again for you chess pedants out there to dust off those boards and learn along with us, the eXile, as we willingly suffer humiliating defeats at the hands of some of Russia’s finest chess minds...

Save The eXile: The War Nerd Calls Mayday EditorialThe future of The eXile is in your hands! We're holding a fundraiser to save the paper, and your soul. Tune in to Gary Brecher's urgent request for reinforcements and donate as much as you can. If you don't, we'll be overrun and wiped off the face of the earth, forever.

Scanning Moscow’s Traffic CopsAutomotive SectionWe’re happy to introduce a new column in which we publish Moscow’s raw radio communications, courtesy of a Russian amateur radio enthusiast. This issue, eXile readers are given a peek into the secret conversations of Moscow’s traffic police, the notorious "GAIshniki."

Eleven Years of Threats: The eXile's Incredible JourneyFeature Story By The eXileGood Night, and Bad Luck: In a nation terrorized by its own government, one newspaper dared to fart in its face. Get out your hankies, cuz we’re taking a look back at the impossible crises we overcame.

Your Letters[SIC!]Russia's freedom-loving free market martyr Mikhail Khodorkovsky answers some of this week's letters, and he's got nothing but praise for President Medvedev.

Clubbing Adventures Through TimeClub Review By Dmitriy BabooshkaeXile club reviewer Babooshka takes a trip through time with the ghost of Moscow clubbing past, present and future, and true to form, gets laid in the process.

The Fortnight SpinBardak Calendar By Jared LindquistJared comes out with yet another roundup of upcoming bardak sessions.

Your Letters[SIC!]Richard Gere tackles this week's letters. Now reformed, he fights for gerbil rights all around the world.

13 Toxic Talents: Hollywood’s Worst PollutersAmerica By Eileen JonesEverybody complains about celebrities, but nobody does anything about them. People, it’s time to stop fretting about whether we’re a celebrity-obsessed culture—we are, we have been, we’re going to be—and instead take practical steps to clean up the celebrity-obsessed culture we’ve got...